As Long As The Mind Clings To

If You Have A Great Many Desires, You Will Gradually Eliminate Them One By One, Until You Allow Certain Desires To Dominate And The Others To Die Away.

It Is Man's Pretence That Because He Has Choice He Is Free. Freedom Is Pure Observation Without Direction, Without Fear Of Punishment And Reward. Freedom Is Without Motive; Freedom Is Not At The End Of The Evolution Of Man But Lies In The First Step Of His Existence.

Compassion Being Action Without Motive, Without Self-interest, Without Any Sense Of Fear, Without Any Sense Of Pleasure.

The Idea, The Pattern, Is Self-projected; It Is A Form Of Self-worship, Of Self-perpetuation, And Hence Gratifying.

The Fact Is There Is Nothing That You Can Trust; And That Is A Terrible Fact, Whether You Like It Or Not. Psychologically There Is Nothing In The World, That You Can Put Your Faith, Your Trust, Or Your Belief In. Neither Your Gods, Nor Your Science Can Save You, Can Bring You Psychological Certainty; And You Have To Accept That You Can Trust In Absolutely Nothing.